Radial plus musculocutaneous nerve stimulation for axillary block is inferior to triple nerve stimulation with 2% mepivacaine

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 253-256

  Rodríguez, Jaime ^a   Taboada, Manuel ^a   Oliveira, Juan ^a   Ulloa, Beatriz ^a   Bascuas, Begoña ^a   Álvarez, Julián ^a  

^a University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Brachial plexus; Nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AXILLA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEPIVACAINE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIAL NERVE; SENSATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46249131359     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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